North Down Development Organisation Ltd

Public benefits

The public benefits that flow from the purpose of urban and rural regeneration are:- (i) The creation of employment, training and work experience opportunities for residents living in economically and socially deprived areas and consequently a reduction in poverty, unemployment and hardship,leading to a better quality of life for the beneficiaries

and consequent improvements in health and well-being. (ii) Enhanced knowledge about setting up and running small businesses and social enterprises resulting in increased levels of self-employment and better prospects of sustainable development. (iii) Increased levels of knowledge and transferable vocational skills among employees/work experience trainees, assisting in the creation of a more educated, skilled and qualified community. (iv) A great sense among the beneficiaries of more fulfilled and purposeful lives, resulting in a safer,more stable and cohesive community. These benefits can be evidenced in records kept by various agencies of the number of jobs and work experience opportunities created and numbers of those who have successfully completed training courses. Evidence can also be found in independent evaluations of the activities of enterprise agencies carried out by funding bodies and in community surveys of living standards and attitudes. Some private benefit is obtained by the owners of small businesses who rent units on favourable terms, but this is ancillary to the main purpose and is greatly outweighed by the gains in public benefit. No harm arises from these purposes.

What your organisation does

We provide both workspace and training for people wishing to enter the self-employment market particularly those, but not restricted to, areas of deprivation - these two services provide the income required to assist clients and provide any necessary services necessary.